This show managed to make the Riddler not only not seem ridiculous, but genuinely threatening. His plot is more than revenge or to prove his own superiority, but to use the complex riddles and traps to lure not only the police, but Batman away form his true goal, the on-site hacking of the city database and all of it's valuable information. His traps are unique and seem real, like bombs hooked up to hourglasses, or to a piano, or a van with a camera and puzzle. It also shows the Riddler's intelligence, by showing him deduce that Batman was helping Yin. As well as the fact that the classic Riddler vanity and need to outsmart his opponents is still his achilles heel. The casting of Englund was a genius move, for not only does he sound intelligent, but quietly ruthless, as well as the many labrynthine sequences fitting to the most well known parts of Englund's career.
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